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RICS & SPAB Building Conservation Summer School

16 – 20 September 2018
Royal Agricultural University
Stroud Road, Cirencester, GL7 6JS

Now in its 15th year, this five-day event is designed to give you a vital introduction to building conservation, with a view to ensuring that those that conserve our nation’s heritage will have the necessary skills,
knowledge and understanding to ensure its protection.
You will benefit from the ability to tailor your agenda to include a choice of lectures, case studies, practical workshops and site visits with unprecedented access to leading experts in the field.
Examine how historic buildings can be repaired, altered and updated without losing their character. Spanning five days, this event aims to reinforce undergraduate and graduate training in traditional
buildings, construction techniques and materials, as well as support new surveyors and other specialists in this field. The course also provides essential continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities for
qualified professionals.

Further details HERE

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Project Management and Supervision: Historic and Traditional Buildings

19 Sep 2018
London

This 1-day course will cover the pertinent issues concerning historic and traditional buildings, and best practice for build quality strategies and processes. It will begin with the concept of project management and project supervision, including how these skills apply in the historic environment and how dealing with it is different. The course will then go through the various stages including project initiation, feasibility, development, delivery, completion and end with occupation of the building and its continued care. There will also be a focus on developing work proposals, significance analysis, and heritage impact assessments, including justifying them in a way that balances the full range of issues from historic importance to commercial and use considerations.

Work examples will cover educational, social housing, commercial development and high profile and prestigious conservation work in various crafts ranging from masonry to historic decoration.

At the end of the day, you will be confident in your ability to successfully deploy project management and supervision to historic and traditional buildings.

Further details here>>

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Docomomo: One-day Seminar on Tower Blocks

7 July 2018
London

Tower blocks have had a chequered history and their survival in the UK remains uncertain. In this one-day event, we look at their history, their changing technical characteristics, the reception of them by residents and the public, the maintenance and upkeep of them by their owners, their safety and their prospects for the future.

Among our speakers will be:

  • Professor Stefan Muthesius, co-author with Miles Glendinning of Towers for the Welfare State (published by the Scottish Centre for Conservation Studies);
  • Emma Dent Coad, MP for Kensington, former member of the tenant management association that oversaw Grenfell Tower, and member of the Docomomo Working Party;
  • Ian Abley, a specialist in construction detailing, compliance, snagging, and the requirements of façade, structural and services engineers;
  • Asterios Agkathidis of Liverpool University, a specialist in sustainable retrofit;and others.

For more info please go to: https://www.docomomo.uk/copy-of-11-nov-ticket-page

Featured image: Grenfell Tower via https://goo.gl/images/Tz12ZS

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Hot Lime Workshop

15 June 2018
Venue: Cressing Temple Barns

It is well established that all traditionally constructed buildings need to be repaired using compatible lime mortars to avoid unnecessary decay and dampness, but it is less well understood that not all ‘lime’ mortars are the same and not all ‘lime’ mortars are compatible with traditional fabric.

This one day course will examine the appropriate use of the whole range of lime mortars in the context of material science, actual built fabric and historic texts upon lime use and 12 years of experience using quicklime mortars. It will give trainees an understanding into hot mixed and other traditional lime mortars, building on recent research carried out by Historic England, Historic Environment Scotland, CADW and the statutory heritage bodies of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

The workshop will also give trainees practical understanding of slaking and mixing methods and enable them to work routinely and successfully with lime mortars of all kinds. As a result of the course, trainees will gain a solid understanding of which lime mortar to use for different situations and purposes. This will enable professionals to specify a variety of lime mortars with confidence and authority and to understand the requirements of each, enhancing their ability to successfully tender and win conservation contracts and to appropriately repair buildings of traditional construction and performance.

The format of the workshop will be a talk followed by a practical demonstration. Delegates will be able to have a go at slaking and mixing if they wish.

A light lunch will be provided. Book a place on this course

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Rubble Wall Building

5 – 6 June 2018
Venue: Merryhill Training Centre, Fife

This practical two day course will equip you to set out, construct and finish a traditional rubble wall using a variety of building stones and traditional lime mortars. The importance of laying the stones correctly and the use of pinning stones will be emphasised so that no more than 30% of the volume of the wall is mortar!

The content of this workshop provides part of the underpinning knowledge required for assessment and accreditation of SQA National Unit 3 – ‘Conservation Masonry’.

Course suitability

This practical course is aimed at masonry contractors and those undertaking repair works to traditional masonry structures. You should be reasonably fit and able to lift 25kg safely. We are always happy to help learners choose the right course. Please click here to contact us or telephone 01383 872722 if you would like to discuss which course is suitable for you or your employees.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understanding the construction of mass walls;
  • Understanding traditional building technology;
  • Understanding the importance of laying masonry units correctly with pinning stones to effect sound and weatherproof wall construction;
  • Understanding the range of binders, sands and aggregates for making traditional mortars including ‘hot’ lime mortars;
  • Ability to undertake accurate mixing of mortars for repeatability and cost effective work;
  • Understanding the setting characteristics of lime mortars
To book a place on this course, please click here, emailadmin@scotlime.org or call us on 01383 872722.
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